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Self Reflected: Deeply Fusing Art and Science to Create the World's Most Complex Artistic Depiction of the Human Brain

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Monday May 6, 2019 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm

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HeadTalks

Topic(s):

General Neurology

Director(s):

Greg Dunn PhD

Description:

Dr. Greg Dunn (artist and neuroscientist) and Dr. Brian Edwards (artist and applied physicist) created Self Reflected to reveal insight into the complexity of human consciousness by revolutionizing the way in which the average person thinks about the brain. Self Reflected bridges the visual and conceptual connection between the macroscopic brain and the microscopic behavior of neurons by fusing neuroscientific data, hand drawings, algorithmic manipulation, optical engineering, photolithography, and gilding to etch half a million neurons into large sheets of gold. The result, a technique called reflective microetching, uses animations created through reflected light to create an ultraprecise depiction of the enormous scope of beautiful and delicately balanced neural choreographies designed to reflect what is occurring in our own minds as we observe this work of art. Self Reflected was created to remind us all that the most marvelous machine in the known universe is at the core of our being and is the root of our shared humanity. This lecture will detail the artistic and scientific stories behind the creation of Self Reflected, a work of art designed to revolutionize the way in which the average person thinks about the human brain.

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2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Self Reflected: Deeply Fusing Art and Science to Create the World's Most Complex Artistic Depiction of the Human Brain